Online Scams and Digital Defence
Online Scams and Digital Defence
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Online Scams and Digital Defence
Hello and welcome to this leson on Online Scams and digital defence!
It's a very interctaive lesson with a variety of activities, including drag and drop.
Hope you and your learners find it useful!
Have you ever been scammed online?
Yes
No
A quick poll as a strarter - this can be expanded into cold calling once you look at the results - of course students shouldn't be pressured into revealing details...only if they want to.
Lesson Objectives
Lesson Objectives:
By the end of this lesson you should know:
How to recognise online scams
How to protect yourself and others against them
The learning objectives page. Very easy to edit!
What emotion(s) does a scammer try to make you feel?
A word cloud to start the group really thinking abut how scams work.
Complete the Glossary
Catfishing: Pretending to be someone else online to trick others.
Cybercrime: Illegal activities done on the internet.
Data Breach: When private information is accessed without permission.
Identity Theft: Stealing someone's personal information to pretend to be them.
Malware: Software designed to harm or exploit computers.
Phishing: Trying to get personal information by pretending to be a trustworthy source.
Pyramid Scheme: A scam where people make money by recruiting others into the scheme.
Ransomware: A type of malware that locks your files until you pay money.
Scammer: A person who tricks others to get money or personal information.
Deepfake scam: Using AI to create simulated voice or video of someone you trust. Can also be used to extort money.
A fill in the blanks glossary activity, Very easy to edit this and add extra terms.
MISSION: SCAM IDENTIFICATION
Phishing/Smishing
Deepfake/Imposter Scam
Investment Scam
Drag and drop including a draggable audio hotspot!
MISSION: RED FLAGS
A more focused drag and drop on one of the examples on the last slide.
A scammer calls you pretending to be your bank and says your account is locked. Why does their use of 'Urgency' make you less likely to think critically?"
An Open question scenario!
The image is deliberately obvious AI to suit the theme of the question!!!
Drag and Drop
ATTACH THE PROBLEM TO THE SOLUTION
Recognise Phishing attempts: Never click links or provide details from unexpected emails; contact the bank directly.
Use a strong, unique password (e.g., three random words) for every account, ideally stored in a password manager.
Only download software and apps from official, reputable sources (e.g., official app stores).
Review all privacy settings and limit personal/location information sharing to trusted contacts or 'Friends Only.'
Immediately stop communicating with the person and report the account to the platform and a trusted adult.
This is a fake 'tech support' scam; immediately close the browser window or turn off the Wi-Fi.
Drag and drop the expandable hotspots to the right place.
"I just received a text message that looks like it's from my delivery company asking me to click a link to reschedule."
WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?
This Open question slide also includes a deliberately AI looking AI image!
I am worried about hackers accessing my account, I need a good password.
WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?
With this open question I would expect to be drawing out ideas about 2 factor authentication, password managers, avoiding obvious personal references etc.
How confident do you feel you could identify an online scam?
A quick poll - there are two following slides for more detail
Do you know what to do when you encounter an online scam?
Yes
No
A very simple text poll that will feed into the next interactive slide.
Is there anything you are unsure about or need further clarification on? Ask anything you want about online scams.
A completely open question just to tie up any loose ends.
Lesson Objectives
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